GREENSBORO,
N.C. - Clemson'sFirst Varsity 8+ crew, which is undefeated in three meets this
month against 13 different crews, was named Tuesday by the Atlantic Coast
Conference as its first 2014 ACC Crew of the Week.

Earlier this month on March 15, the same crew posted a time of
6:32.3 to nip 19th-ranked Syracuse (6:34.4), Boston University and Eastern
Michigan, also at Lake Hartwell. The winning time by Clemson was the sixth-best
time by Clemson on Lake Hartwell in school history.

The 18th-ranked (CRCA) Tigers also defeated Eastern Michigan on
March 1, also at Lake Hartwell.

The Tigers First Varsity 8+ earned ACC Crew of the Week honors
over the First Varsity 8+ crew from Duke, which finished second to Clemson in a
season's best time of 6:49.03, but finished ahead of crews from Iowa, Buffalo,
Kansas and Purdue and the First Varsity 8+ crew of Miami, which posted a time
of 6:40.0 in defeating Connecticut by 19 seconds in the Indian Creek Waterway
in Miami Beach, Fla.

Clemson will next be in action this Saturday at the Pac-12 Invite
at Redwood Shores, Calif. The Tigers will face crews from sixth-ranked Southern
California, 13th-ranked Stanford and San Diego.

The 2014 ACC Rowing Championship will be held on Saturday,
May 17, on Lake Hartwell in Clemson, S.C.